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  1. My Political Race
    An Outsider's Journey to the Heart of British Politics
    Author: Dhanda, Parmjit
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Biteback Publishing, New York

    As Labour MP for Gloucester, when things were good for Parmjit Dhanda they were very good. He was rolled out for Labour conferences and media appearances as a poster boy for the party – a shining example of a new Britain, where white constituencies... more

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    As Labour MP for Gloucester, when things were good for Parmjit Dhanda they were very good. He was rolled out for Labour conferences and media appearances as a poster boy for the party – a shining example of a new Britain, where white constituencies chose ethnic minorities as their candidates and then elected them as their MPs. It was the ultimate political fairy tale. However, the other side of Parmjit's story remained hidden for years. Its exposure threatened to undermine the received political narrative and neither Dhanda nor his colleagues were comfortable addressing the issues it would ine

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781849548069
    Subjects: Adventures -- Fiction; Journey -- Fiction; Politics -- Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (371 p)
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    Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword by Alan Johnson MP; CHAPTER 1: THE PIG'S HEAD; CHAPTER 2: THE LONG ROAD TO VICTORY; CHAPTER 3: BACK TO THE BEGINNING; CHAPTER 4: MOPS AND BRICKBATS; CHAPTER 5: LABOUR'S MAN … IN BASINGSTOKE; CHAPTER 6: THE NEXT CHAPTER; CHAPTER 7: THE WILD WEST; CHAPTER 8: 1 MAY 1997 - A NEW DAWN; CHAPTER 9: THE TROT OF STOKE ROCHFORD HALL; CHAPTER 10: COMING IN AT NUMBER FIVE; CHAPTER 11: GLOUCESTER; CHAPTER 12: ENGLAND'S GLORY (THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR GINSTERS PASTIES); CHAPTER 13: THE SELECTION BEGINS; CHAPTER 14: MY DILEMMA; CHAPTER 15: MOMENTUM

    CHAPTER 16: 28 JULY 2000 - SHIRE HALL OR BUSTCHAPTER 17: I WON'T BE HOME TONIGHT; CHAPTER 18: THE OFFENDING ARTICLE; CHAPTER 19: HAULED OVER THE COALS; CHAPTER 20: WHEN ELSIE MET TONY; CHAPTER 21: WHAT VICTORY LOOKS LIKE; CHAPTER 22: ARRIVAL; CHAPTER 23: 'I'LL BET HIS GRANDFATHER WASN'T AT DUNKIRK!'; CHAPTER 24: NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE; CHAPTER 25: LEAVING MY MARK; CHAPTER 26: ASSISTING ENGLAND'S ASSISTANT MANAGER; CHAPTER 27: MPS AGOG - WAS IT ONE FINGER OR TWO?; CHAPTER 28: IRAQ; CHAPTER 29: BREAKING BAD - WITH THE LORD CHANCELLOR; CHAPTER 30: FORCE OF NATURE - CAMPAIGNING WITH JOHN PRESCOTT

    CHAPTER 31: 2005 - WINNING IN MY OWN RIGHTCHAPTER 32: THE WHIPS' OFFICE; CHAPTER 33: YES, MINISTER; CHAPTER 34: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?; CHAPTER 35: MEETING THATCHER; CHAPTER 36: TAKING ON COMRADE BOB CROW; CHAPTER 37: END OF THE PARTY; CHAPTER 38: REVIVAL - RUNNING FOR SPEAKER; CHAPTER 39: A LAMENT FOR THE FALLEN WARRIORS; CHAPTER 40: MY LAST WORD; Acknowledgements; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Copyright